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11/2/2007 | Iran
Investing in Freedom
National Review
This nation at war needs more security-minded political stalwarts like Assemblyman Joel Anderson, a freshman Republican legislator from San Diego, who is doing yeoman’s work to help stop the threat of terrorism from regimes such as the one in Tehran. Last January, he introduced crucial and innovative legislation, AB 221, to prohibit state retirement boards from investing in companies conducting business in Iran. In September, the bill finally passed unanimously in both the California Senate and Assembly, after indefatigable efforts by Anderson in overcoming opposition on several fronts. In October, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill into law. Rite of Passage It seemed to augur well for the passage of this legislation, when it was first put forth, that a similar California law restricting investments in the rogue state of Sudan already existed. However, the overwhelmingly negative and prevaricating response from the state’s two leading teachers unions quickly put to rest such hope. These unions said that the pension fund boards should make such investment decisions. In an interview Anderson claimed that a union representative also portrayed the bill as a ruse, in order to portray Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism, in order to later justify a U.S. attack on Iran. The union further labeled as bogus, Anderson’s linking of Iran with the development of nuclear weapons. Forces in the legislature then piled on, making approval of the legislation all the more tenuous by simultaneously referring the bill to three separate committees.
Recommended Guests:
Joel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat Foundation11/2/2007 | Freedom of Speech
Shock Jock Don Imus Returns to Airwaves
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Don Imus will return to the airwaves Dec. 3 on New York's WABC-AM, only nine months after the cantankerous shock jock's career seemed doomed over his racist, sexist remark about a women's college basketball team. Citadel Broadcasting Corp. made the announcement Thursday, confirming long-rumored reports that Imus was returning to morning drive time in the same city where he was banished in April. "We are ecstatic to bring Don Imus back to morning radio," said 77 WABC President and General Manager Steve Borneman. "Don's unique brand of humor, knowledge of the issues and ability to attract big-name guests is unparalleled. He is rested, fired up and ready to do great radio." Imus will return with his longtime newsman, Charles McCord, and other members of his morning team, Citadel said in announcing the move. It did not specifically mention Bernard McGuirk, the producer who was fired along with Imus. Imus will replace the morning team of Curtis Sliwa and Ron Kuby on the Citadel Broadcasting-owned station. The acid-tongued broadcasting icon was fired in April after he called the Rutgers University's women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" on the air, sparking a national furor and calls by civil rights leaders and broadcast journalists to resign.
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David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilChuck Donovan, Senior Research Fellow-DeVos Center for Religion a, The Heritage FoundationJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USABishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkRyan Messmore, William E. Simon fellow in Religion and a Free Soc, The Heritage FoundationJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumDon Shenk, Executive Director, The TideTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions11/1/2007 | Terrorism
Video: Terrorists firing mortars from schoolyard
YNetNews
Footage shows terror cell preparing to launch mortar shells near elementary school in Gaza, fleeing site after launches. IDF says terror organizations 'aware of our sensitivity to these areas and they take advantage of that, this is as cynical as their use of the civilian population gets' A cell of three terrorists launching mortar shells towards Israel from a Gaza schoolyard was captured carrying out the attack by Israeli intelligence on Monday. After the attacks are carried out the cell quickly flees the launch site, a courtyard outside an elementary school in the town of Beit Hanun in northern Gaza. IDF forces, who identified the cell as it was carrying out the attacks, struck the terrorists after they had cleared the public buildings.
Recommended Guests:
Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationJoel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions11/1/2007 | Freedom of Religion
Jury Awards Father Nearly $11 Million in Funeral Protesters Case
FoxNews.com
BALTIMORE — The father of a fallen Marine was awarded nearly $11 million Wednesday in damages by a jury that found leaders of a fundamentalist church had invaded the family's privacy and inflicted emotional distress when they picketed the Marine's funeral. The jury first awarded $2.9 million in compensatory damages. It returned later in the afternoon with its decision to award $6 million in punitive damages for invasion of privacy and $2 million for causing emotional distress to the Marine's father, Albert Snyder of York, Pa. Snyder sued the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church for unspecified monetary damages after members staged a demonstration at the March 2006 funeral of his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq. The defense said it planned to appeal and one of the church's leaders, Shirley Phelps-Roper, said the members would continue their pickets of military funerals. Church members believe that U.S. deaths in the war in Iraq are punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality. Before the jury began deliberating the size of punitive damages, U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett noted the size of the compensatory award "far exceeds the net worth of the defendants," according to financial statements filed with the court.
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Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteChuck Donovan, Senior Research Fellow-DeVos Center for Religion a, The Heritage FoundationTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USADr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryRyan Messmore, William E. Simon fellow in Religion and a Free Soc, The Heritage FoundationJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumDon Shenk, Executive Director, The TideLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"David Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com11/1/2007 | Radical Islam
Translator says Theology is the True Motivation of Terrorists
The Daily Colonial
The first person to translate several Al Qaeda documents into English said that terrorists' true motivations are based in Islamic theology, not Western grievances. At a Tuesday night lecture sponsored by Students Defending Democracy, Raymond Ibrahim, editor and translator of “The Al Qaeda Reader," said that Osama bin Laden and other extremists justify their actions by citing activities such as American troop occupation and America's loyalty to Israel; but in fact, this is merely propaganda sent to the West to hide terrorists' true motivations, which are based in Sharia (Islam-inspired) law. He asserted that as long as there are those who take Sharia law seriously, there will be terrorism. In a document like Bin Laden's “Why We Are Fighting You Letter,” targeted to Americans and Westerners, the justification for terrorism is "attacks in Palestine, the stealing of wealth (oil), and American occupation for the security of Jews." Ibrahim contends that these grievances, though not necessarily fabricated, are propaganda to justify an “eye for an eye” mentality. What isn’t shown to the West or subtitled though is that “Sharia law tells Muslims that if They [Jews and Christians] refuse to accept Islam, seek the aid of Allah and fight them,” he said.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Paul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Sutter, Executive Director, The Friends of IsraelDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com10/31/2007 | Terrorism
Orlando Getting Surveillance Cameras In Fight Against Terrorism
WFTV.com
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Eyewitness News has learned a terrorist attack thousands of miles away has led to a broad new plan to install surveillance cameras throughout Orlando. The subway and bus bombings in London more than two years ago have led to the idea of adding dozens of cameras in Orlando. They'll be located at various places, including tourist areas like International Drive. Orlando is going to be one of several cities getting cameras. They're already in use in places like Washington DC, Dallas and Chicago. Soon they'll be a fixture on I-Drive. With its tourist attractions and large hotels, Orlando could potentially be a target for terrorists, or at least that's what the Department of Homeland Security fears. The agency is spending almost $2 million to install 34 cameras around the area. Police won't say exactly where they're going. "We're not being vague. There is a proposal, but to protect infrastructure we can't discuss where the plan is for those cameras," said Sgt. Barb Jones, Orlando Police Department. Cameras have already been used at special events with large crowds. Those are temporary, while these would be permanent.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationJoel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions10/31/2007 | Iran
New U.S. sanctions against Iran: Prelude to war?
The Oklahoman Editorial
FINANCIAL sanctions announced by the Bush administration against key components of Iran's military may finally get Tehran's attention — slowing or halting the stream of weapons to terrorists and perhaps getting the Iranians to reconsider the march toward nuclear weapons. For years, Washington has threatened consequences for Iran over its nuclear programs and with the discovery that Iranian-made explosives are killing and wounding U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The sanctions unveiled last week should have some bite. Targeted are Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and Quds Force, a subset of the Guard. The announcement formally accused them of exporting terrorism. Sanctions involve cutting off more than 20 Iranian entities, including three state-owned banks, from the U.S. financial system.
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Joel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat Foundation10/31/2007 | Equal Rights, Racial Intolerance
University to students: 'All whites are racist'
WorldNetDaily
A mandatory University of Delaware program requires residence hall students to acknowledge that "all whites are racist" and offers them "treatment" for any incorrect attitudes regarding class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality they might hold upon entering the school, according to a civil rights group. "Somehow, the University of Delaware seems terrifyingly unaware that a state-sponsored institution of higher education in the United States does not have the legal right to engage in a program of systematic thought reform. The First Amendment protects the right to freedom of conscience – the right to keep our innermost thoughts free from governmental intrusion. It also protects the right to be free from compelled speech," said a letter from Samantha Harris, director of legal and public advocacy for The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education to university President Patrick Harker. The organization cited excerpts from the university's Office of Residence Life Diversity Education Training documents, including the statement: "A RACIST: A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. 'The term applies to all white people (i.e., people of European descent) living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality. By this definition, people of color cannot be racists, because as peoples within the U.S. system, they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities, or acts of discrimination….'"
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Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactDr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com10/30/2007 | Radical Islam, Terrorism
U.S. embassy terror plot uncovered
CNN.com
(CNN) -- Authorities in Azerbaijan recently uncovered a radical Islamic terror plot against the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Baku, prompting the facility to close its doors to the public Monday, Azerbaijan and U.S. officials told CNN. As a precaution, Britain also shut its embassy in Baku to the public on Monday "following security concerns nearby," Britain's Foreign Office said. The terror plot was unraveled after a weekend raid outside Baku that netted several suspected members of the radical group, two U.S. officials who asked not to be identified and a spokesman for Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry told CNN. U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack stressed that the details "are still unfolding," and the threat "may or may not be" linked to the Saturday raid. "There were some specific and credible threat information concerning the embassy and plans by militants to in some way do harm to individuals in and around the U.S. Embassy there," McCormack said, noting that no specific individuals were targeted.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationJoel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Sutter, Executive Director, The Friends of IsraelTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade ProductionsDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com10/30/2007 | Education
College Credit for Protesting?
TownHall.com
While the effort to adopt a mandatory diversity course has been successfully defeated on many college campuses, this threat to academic integrity is reappearing in the form of a “Community Engagement” program on campuses. The Commission calls for a full-time faculty member to serve as the administrator, who would be responsible for creating the list of opportunities which are point-worthy. By selecting which classes are point-worthy and the number of points assigned to each, the administrator would be able to implement mandatory diversity courses through the backdoor. This selection problem applies to activities as well. This week, for example, a student group at UVA held a workshop entitled the “Sexual Arts & Crafts Workshop.” The advertisement for the Workshop read, “Come learn about sexual health in a fun, creative way! Is this a cultural event? Does this include work with the local community? Does this promote (gender) equity? A “Community Engagement” program administrator could easily make the argument that this Workshop qualifies. Thus, by picking and choosing which activities are included in the “Community Engagement” program, universities are able to push their political agenda on students both inside and outside the classroom.
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Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceLowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Dr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesHarold Naylor, Co-Founder, DiscoverChristianSchools.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project10/30/2007 | Presidential Issues
Thompson, Obama get most positive coverage: study
Reuters
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - A new study of campaign 2008 coverage finds that Illinois Democrat Barack Obama and former "Law & Order" actor Fred Thompson, a Republican, have enjoyed much more positive coverage than their rivals. By the same token, longtime media darling John McCain of the GOP has taken a beating in coverage, largely the result of mostly negative stories about his fundraising struggles. The study of coverage was conducted from January 1-May 31 by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy. Obama has attained rock star status on the campaign trail even though he's behind Hillary Clinton in the voter polls. Obama received positive coverage in 47% of all stories about him. But the study also found that Obama seemed to be slipping after May, with more neutral and negative stories. Some 46% of the stories about Thompson had been positive with only 4% negative about his candidacy.
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Chuck Colson, Prison FellowshipTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteFrank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USADr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)10/29/2007 | Radical Islam, Terrorism
Islamo-fascism Awareness Week a success
The Daily
Islamo-fascism Awareness Week is not about racism, bigotry, Islamo-phobia or a claim that all Muslims are radical and seek to harm those who don’t agree with them. It is to raise awareness about the growing group who are. Islamo-fascists are a group whose deadly fascistic ideology has affected close to every country on the globe, made almost 9,000 attacks since September 11, 2001, and now kills about 1,300 people per year. Many opponents of this event, which took place at nearly 100 university campuses nationwide, believe that it unduly links fascism with an entire religion. If this is the case, Muslims should debunk this “myth” by opposing their radical brethren around the world who suppress women, honor kill, behead the infidel and murder moderate Muslims who oppose their bloodthirsty agenda. The claims that this event is racist in nature is an elementary diversion of the clear argument being made — that there is an extreme brand of Islam posing a threat to anyone who defends freedom and humanity. We are not claiming that all Muslims are fascists. Furthermore, the term Islamo-fascism was initially coined during the ‘90s by moderate Muslims struggling for democracy in Algeria. They were brutally oppressed and 150,000 were killed by militant Islamists.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationJoel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Sutter, Executive Director, The Friends of IsraelTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade ProductionsDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com10/29/2007 | Iran
California law cuts pension ties to Iran investors
The Washington Times
A new California law will ensure that the hundreds of billions of dollars in the state's pension funds for public school teachers and for state employees will have no ties to non-American companies linked with Iran. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, last week signed into law Assembly Bill 221, proposed by Republican Assemblyman Joel Anderson. The legislation requires the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) to divest from foreign companies with business operations within the Islamic republic. U.S. companies already are barred from doing business in Iran. The Islamic republic has been named a state sponsor of terrorism. Iran is accused of supporting Islamist insurgents attacking U.S. troops in Iraq and is involved in a tense showdown with the U.S., other countries and the United Nations over its nuclear program. Mr. Anderson, who sits on the committee overseeing CalPERS, noticed the investments in Iran-tied companies while reviewing the fund's portfolio in January. His actions prompted similar moves against Iran-invested businesses by 17 states, including Maryland. Legislation from all states could total $200 billion in reallocation of investments. The bill mandates that investments in both funds be Iran-free within a year, and requires quarterly progress updates to that end. Though both funds opposed the bill, Mr. Anderson rounded up bipartisan support. The vote in the state Senate was 36-0.
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Joel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat Foundation10/29/2007 | Presidential Issues, Terrorism
Linking Terror on the Trail
Wall Street Journal
A divide is emerging on the presidential campaign trail over battling terrorists: how exactly to label the fight. While Democrats tend to talk about terrorism in general, Republicans increasingly pin the threat directly on Islam. All the major Republican candidates regularly weave some form of the phrase "Islamic extremism" into their stump speeches. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has taken the rhetoric to a new level, running a television advertisement about "this century's nightmare, jihadism." Democratic candidates generally don't emphasize linking Islam and terrorism. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton talks more of "global terrorism," while Sen. Barack Obama refers to "stateless terrorism." "In four Democratic debates, not a single Democratic candidate said the word 'Islamic terrorism,' " former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said at a Republican debate. "Now that is taking a political correctness to extremes." Those who like the Republican candidates' choice of language say it reflects the reality of who threatens America the most. "Everybody ought to call an ace an ace," says Jim Gorsh, a 62-year-old retiree who heard Mr. Romney speak in Clinton, Iowa, earlier this month.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationJoel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyChuck Colson, Prison FellowshipTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyFrank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USADr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Kamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions10/26/2007 | Iran, Terrorism
U.S. sanctions 'doomed,' says Iran
CNN.com
(CNN) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry has said that tougher U.S. sanctions are "doomed to fail" and accused Washington of adopting confrontational policies amid simmering tensions over Tehran's refusal to halt its nuclear program. Washington imposed stiff sanctions against elements of Iran's military and a number of Iranian banks and companies on Thursday, accusing them of support for nuclear proliferation and terror-related activities. "The Iranian regime's abilities to pursue nuclear and ballistic missile programs in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions depends on its access to international, commercial, and financial systems," said U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. But Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini, quoted by Iran's state news agency IRNA, said the sanctions were "ineffective." Meanwhile, speaking Thursday in Kuwait, Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi warned that any military attack on Iran would be met with a "crushing response."
Recommended Guests:
Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationJoel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions10/26/2007 | Property Rights
Calif. Wildfires Death Toll Rising
CBS News
(CBS/AP) The death toll is mounting in Southern California, as hundreds of thousands of evacuees hope for the best, and firefighters push forward in a difficult and exhausting battle. At least 21 major fires are still burning, with 1,780 homes destroyed, 10 to 14 fire-related deaths, 52 injured firefighters, 30 injured civilians, and 12,465 people in 45 official evacuation centers. The fires, which began a week ago, have so far burned nearly half a million acres, including land on eight Indian reservations, with property damage overall estimated at well over a billion dollars. Four charred bodies - three men and a woman - were found Thursday afternoon at the site of what authorities say appears to have been a migrant camp just east of San Diego. The bodies were found in a wooded area near Barrett Junction, along the Mexican border in unincorporated San Diego County, said Paul Parker, a spokesman for the San Diego County medical examiner's office. It was not clear how long ago the victims died or if they were victims of the wildfires that have killed at least three other people. "They could have been out there a while," Parker said of the three, who were found just east of a Border Patrol checkpoint on Route 94.
10/26/2007 | Illegal Immigration
Republican Hot Flashes
Washington Post
Has America become a mean, ungenerous, cramped and crabby nation, a deeply insecure colossus -- one that just might be taking all those Viagra and Cialis commercials a bit too personally? Is the country desperate to find scapegoats for a perceived decline in, um, vigor? Or is America still a confident land of hope and promise, a place still potent with possibility? It's watching the Republicans in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail that makes me pose those big-picture questions. I'm just suggesting a context for assessing the actions and rhetoric of a party that seems to be in the throes of andropause. That's the popularly accepted term for "male menopause," which medical dictionaries tend to describe as a "purported" syndrome rather than an actual clinical diagnosis. I'm not qualified to offer an opinion on whether dads go through a Y-chromosome version of what used to be euphemistically called the "change of life." But I think the "Daddy party" has been presenting clear symptoms. The latest was the Senate vote Wednesday in which Republicans, supported by a handful of red-state Democrats, narrowly scuttled the Dream Act, a bill that would have provided a path to citizenship for some young undocumented immigrants -- but only those who did everything this country once found worthy and admirable in pursuit of the American dream.
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David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedDemos Chrissos, Writer/Producer, RapidResponse Media, Inc.Jessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAJoe Murray, Columnist, The Bulletin10/25/2007 | Iraq, Terrorism
An Iraqi Parade Against al-Qaeda
Time
Osama bin Laden's latest call for Iraqi insurgents to unite against Americans fell on deaf ears this week in Ramadi, the city that al-Qaeda leaders once declared the seat of a new Islamic caliphate and capital of the Iraqi insurgency. Rather than rise up against them, the people of Ramadi Tuesday invited U.S. forces to watch a massive parade — albeit one so tightly secured that no pedestrian traffic got close to it. The almost surreal, two-hour martial procession was led by the city's children to commemorate the martyred leader of a tribal revolt that has virtually silenced al-Qaeda in Anbar Province. It gave the Baghdad government a photo-op to make points about national unity, and so the Shi'a dominated government sent a representative to Sunni Ramadi. "With unity, victory is possible," said Iraqi Defense Adviser Mowaffak al Rubaei, clearly referring to bin Laden's attempt to drum up support for a renewed anti-American uprising.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationJoel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions10/25/2007 | Property Rights
Officials: Major California Wildfire Declared Arson
FoxNews.com
SAN DIEGO — A major wildfire that has scorched thousands of acres and destroyed hundreds of homes in Southern California has been declared an arson, according to Orange County law enforcement and FBI officials. Officials said that there is a $70,000 reward for information leading to an arrest for those responsible for the Santiago fire in the rugged eastern part of the county. Additionally, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a $50,000 reward for information leading toward the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for setting the Santiago Fire. The FBI has become involved in the investigation because part of the fire was on federal land in National Forest. Orange County officials executed a search warrant Wednesday as part of a probe into whether one or more of the fires in that county were the result of arson. In the city of San Bernardino, police said they shot and killed a man who fled Tuesday night when officers approached to see if he might be trying to set a fire. After a chase, the man, whose name was not released, backed his car into a police cruiser and an officer opened fire, police said. Sixteen fires burning for four days across seven counties stretching from Malibu, north of Los Angeles, to the Mexican border, have killed five people, destroyed 1,500 homes, consumed 426,000 acres — or about 665 square miles — and forced almost one million people from their homes — the largest evacuation in the state's history. More than 70,000 homes remained threatened.
10/25/2007 | Economy
US home sales fall to fresh lows, glut of unsold homes rises
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US existing home sales fell 8.0 percent in September as a persistent housing slump continued to weigh on the property market and the world's biggest economy, an industry group said Wednesday. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said in a monthly snapshot that sales of existing homes and apartments tumbled to a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.04 million units in September from 5.48 million in August. The drop was worse than expected. Most economists had only expected sales to decline to around 5.25 million. Stripping out apartment sales, sales fell to their lowest level since January 1998. August's sales pace meanwhile was revised down from an original tally of 5.50 million properties. The depth of the housing depression was underlined by an annual reading which showed sales of homes and apartments across the United States have plummeted a hefty 19.1 percent from September 2006. Sales activity has slowed dramatically and dragged down prices in many areas in the past 12 months in a market downturn which has also forced many mortgage lenders out of business. The national median existing-home price for all housing types was 211,700 dollars in September, down 4.2 percent from a year ago.
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